The week of Monday, 13 May, GIS Spotlight once more puts you behind a taser, tackles gender stereotyping again and takes another look at youth and tourism.

While the voices to arm law enforcement officers grow stronger daily, police agencies everywhere grapple with the need to use the right tools to fight crime effectively without endangering people’s lives. Join us to see RCIP officers practise using the taser gun, another weapon in their arsenal.

Discover how this weapon can deter even armed persons by shooting a jolt of current that temporarily immobilises the person being confronted by the Police. Go behind the scenes with us to see how it works and learn about its usefulness.

Next, we revisit a campaign to tackle gender stereotyping, as a means of sensitising people about gender equality. Learn about the gender gaps that continue despite the right to freedom from discrimination that we all now enjoy. Hear what steps are underway to use census data in this regard to reduce the gender gap.

For our last stop, we revisit a tourism competition for youth that is held annually to improve awareness about tourism and test the local tourism knowledge of some of our brightest teens. Join us to see what distinguishes this initiative from other competitions.

Produced by GIS Marketing and Communications, GIS Spotlight showcases government services and solutions regarding issues that concern and affect you. The weekly programme airs Mondays on CIGTV on Cable Channel 20 after 7 pm; and on Cayman27 at 8 pm on Mondays and 6 pm on Saturdays.

All stories seen in the week’s GIS Spotlight can also be found on the GIS Marketing and Communications website: www.gis.ky.

Comments and suggestions about the programme are always welcome. Viewers can provide feedback by e-mailing [email protected].

Also on the GIS Spotlight YouTube channel, check out recent additions:

Cabinet press briefing from this week;

Proud of Them Campaign press conference announcing recipients;

Minister of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing, Hon. Dwayne Seymour’s Child Month message;

National Museum Speaker series with Miss Olive Miller; including the first of the series: Symbols & Archetypes in the Literature of Roy Bodden -The Cayman Islands in Transition;

Future of Cayman Forum sessions.